Shall we follow the money? Anti-mafia policies and electoral competition |
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Institution: | Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Italy |
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Abstract: | Building upon the evidence that the mafia increases the degree of vote concentration, we use data on regional elections in Sicily to estimate the impact of anti-mafia policies on electoral competition. We find robust evidence that the reassignment for social purposes of property and assets seized to the mafia reduces the degree of electoral concentration. This result supports the hypothesis that policies that create social value, such as the reallocation to social-driven organizations, are more effective than those targeted to public and political institutions. |
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Keywords: | Elections Vote concentration Criminal organizations Mafia |
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